Prehabilitation Physical Activity in Persons With Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT02881463

Last Updated: 2016-09-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-06-30

Brief Summary

Knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) reduces functional mobility and performance of daily tasks such as rising from a chair. Therefore interventions aimed at improving muscle strength and sit-to-stand task performance are very important for these patients. The effect of exercise programs, including home exercise programs (HEP), on muscle strength, joint pain and function is well known and widely researched, yet not many studies have investigated the effect of an HEP on electromyographic activity (EMG) of muscles when performing everyday tasks, such as rising from and sitting on a chair. The aim of this study was to investigate effect of prehabilitation in women with severe knee joint OA scheduled for knee joint arthroplasty (TKA).

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Home Exercise Program

8- week therapeutical exercise program performing at home for women with knee joint osteoarthritis

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

therapeutical exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants of experimental group performs daily an 8-week home therapeutical exercise program. Exercises are periodized by weeks (1-8 weeks). The aim of program is the leg muscle strengthening using an elastic band (Thera-Band, System of Progressive Exercise, USA), body balance training, and leg muscle stretching.

Interventions

therapeutical exercises

Participants of experimental group performs daily an 8-week home therapeutical exercise program. Exercises are periodized by weeks (1-8 weeks). The aim of program is the leg muscle strengthening using an elastic band (Thera-Band, System of Progressive Exercise, USA), body balance training, and leg muscle stretching.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• For OA patients: patients with severe knee joint OA undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
• for controls: pain of joints more than 20/100 mm by VAS

Exclusion Criteria

For both groups:

• previous total joint arthroplasty of lower limbs
• other musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiovascular diseases
• any diseases affecting balance and coordination.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Tartu

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Helena Gapeyeva

Research Fellow, Md, PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Helena Gapeyeva, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine, Estonia

Other Identifiers

218/T-16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id